X17online wishes you the biggest and the best for 2009 - peace, love, and happiness, y'all!

Ok, this is actually kinda funny/cute!

After grabbing a bite to eat at the Daily Grill in Studio City yesterday, High School Musical sweethearts Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens attempted to outrun the paps as they sprinted towards their car.

As always, Vanessa covered up her face, but instead of being snippy with the photogs, V. Hudge and her boy toy could not stop giggling. What's so funny!? It's just the paparazzi!

After seeing recent shots of Kevin Federline looking so well fed (and that's putting it nicely!), we began to think: who has the bigger, better beer gut - Brit's babydaddy or her bio daddy?

Looks like these two might want to do more cardio and drink less beer in 2009!

We snapped Nicole, Joel and Harlow in Maui earlier today, and it looks like the usually hot mama is a little jet lagged! I mean, it's only a two hour time difference, but still! Being stuck on a plane for five hours, a time change and having a one-year-old would be enough to tire me out too!

In the early morning of January 4th, Britney Spears was removed from her mansion by medical professionals following a dramatic and chaotic evening.

After providing a deposition for her custody battle with Kevin earlier in the day, Spears had planned to spend the afternoon with her two boys in the comfort of her Beverly Hills mansion.

The scheduled time for Britney to pass her boys to KFed’s staff came and went. By the time the cops descended on Spears’ gated community, Britney had barricaded herself in the bathroom with Jayden, who was unharmed.

Britney was subsequently removed from her home and placed at the UCLA Medical Ward where she was analyzed for three days before eventually being released.

It would be another few weeks before Britney finally got the intervention she needed and her father was appointed as what's now become a permanent conservator.

Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise and little Suri were spotted leaving their NYC apartment last night, and it looks like the famous family was stoked to be together for New Year's.

On a different note, how do you feel about Katie's bell bottoms? Think they're better than the rolled up dungarees, leggings or skinny jeans she normally wears? Hmm...

In 2008, actresses swapped boyfriends, boybanders went from one teen starlet to the next, the Gossip Girl cast decided to date one another, and somehow, hunky Rob Pattinson was thrown into the mix (we'll explain this later).

It seemed like everyone was in the mood for sloppy seconds this year, and there were even some catfights too! So how are all these stars connected to one another? X17 breaks it down for you, so click after the jump to see the connections between these folks!

I guess when you have a baby girl as cute as Honor, it's hard not to crack a smile every now and then! Jessica Alba and a gal pal went for a walk in the park yesterday, and we were shocked to see the normally poker faced actress looking so, well, happy!